title: Overview of white papers of the ACR incidental findings committee ii on adnexal, vascular, splenic, nodal, gallbladder, and biliary findings.
abstract: This paper summarizes the background, objectives, and process for developing 4 new white papers on adnexal, vascular, splenic, nodal, gallbladder, and biliary incidental findings and CT and MRI. This work was performed under the auspices of the ACR through its Incidental Findings Committee II. This summary should be used as a reference for definitions of terms used throughout these white papers and for understanding the structure and color scheme of flowcharts used in 2 of them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA. lberland@uabmc.edu
authors.forename: Lincoln L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Berland
mesh_terms: D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011871:Radiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: ACR; CT; Incidental findings; MRI; adenopathy; aneurysm; biliary; consensus; gallbladder; incidentaloma; ovarian cyst; splenic lesion